Keith Young

Keith Downes Young (12 September 1848 - 1 December 1929) was an English architect best known for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.

Not to be confused with Keith Yeung.

Keith Downes Young
Born12 September 1848
Richmond, Surrey, England
Died1 December 1929(1929-12-01) (aged 81)
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
EducationTonbridge School
OccupationArchitect

Biography

Young was born in King's Road, Richmond, Surrey on 12 September 1848.[1] He attended Tonbridge School, after which, in 1865,[2] he was articled to his father, George Adam Young.[3] He studied at South Kensington School of Art and the Architectural Association.[3]

He commenced independent practice in London in 1871 and entered into partnership with his father the following year.[4] By 1886 he had entered into partnership with the church architect, Henry Hall, and their practice acquired a reputation for designing hospitals and school sanatoria.[3]

Young practiced for over fifty years, advising on approximately forty hospitals, either as new buildings or alterations,[1] including the Middlesex Hospital, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis, the Chelsea Hospital for Women and Guy's Hospital Medical School.[3]

He died on 1 December 1929 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Selected works

Hospitals:[3]

School Sanatoria:[3]

Other works:[3]

  • Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
    Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
  • Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea
    Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea
  • Hampstead General Hospital, Pond Street, NW3
    Hampstead General Hospital, Pond Street, NW3
  • Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea
    Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea
  • Grave of Keith Young in Highgate Cemetery
    Grave of Keith Young in Highgate Cemetery

References
  1. "Keith Downes Young". Who's Who 1922. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U219640. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. "K D Young & Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. Gray, Stuart (1985). Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth. p. 394. ISBN 1-85326-908-5.
  4. "Keith Downes Young". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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